Children’s Teacher: 4th Quarter 2016

By R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.

Children’s Teacher is a teacher’s quarterly. In addition to the exposition of the printed text, each of the thirteen lessons includes the purpose of the lesson, extensive teaching plans, lesson introduction, background of the lesson, meaningful insights, and related activities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
• Release date: Jul 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781681671604

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CHILDREN’S TEACHER

Teaching Companion to Growing with Jesus,

Young Learners, and Adventurers with Jesus

www.rhboydpublishing.com

R. H. BOYD, D.D., LL.D.

Founder (1896–1922)

H. A. BOYD, D.D.

(1922–1959)

T. B. BOYD, JR., D.D.

(1959–1979)

T. B. Boyd III, D.D.

President/CEO

David Groves, D.Min., Ph.D.

Director of Publications

LaDonna Boyd, MBA

Chief Operating Officer

Jeffrey Wilson, B.S.

Director of Marketing

Samuel Hyde

Director of Operations

EDITORIAL STAFF:

Tia Ferrell, B.A.

(Coordinator)

Christopher R. Cotten, M.A., M.Div.

Brandon Alexander Franks, M.T.S.

Jane Ann Kenney, M.Div.

Lee Perkins, M.Div.

Holly Spangle, B.A. .

Vanessa Lewis, B.A.

Lauren Oldham, B.A.

Freida Crawley, B.S.

Carla Davis, B.A.

Shanaya Whitaker, B.A.

Lesson material is based on the International Uniform Sunday School Lesson Outlines, copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and is used by permission.

Scriptures taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

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Children’s Teacher is a teacher’s quarterly. In addition to the exposition of the printed text, all lessons include the purpose of the lesson, extensive teaching plans, lesson introduction, background of the lesson, meaningful insights, and related activities.

KNOW YOUR WRITER

Dr. Christina Zimmerman is a speaker and writer who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. With a passion for Christian education and discipleship, Dr. Zimmerman has been called to assist church leaders in educational ministry. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, a masters of education from Tennessee State University, and a doctorate in educational ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Zimmerman is gifted in the areas of teaching, faith, and discernment, and she has used her gifts to serve the Church. She has served as a minister of education, a minister of leadership development, a women’s ministry leader, and a Sunday school teacher, and has passionately counseled those who seek to walk with God. Dr. Zimmerman is happily married to Rev. Harry Zimmerman Jr., and they have five children and eleven grandchildren.

A Message from the President/CEO . . .

Greetings,

Welcome to another quarter of insightful study. We look forward to joining you in this fourth quarter for a series of studies in God’s powerful and transformative Word. It has been our goal for more than 120 years to provide accessible materials that will help you and your local church keep Jesus a priority.

For this quarter, the first unit Jesus Rules Like God, focuses on the letter of Hebrews. Students will be encouraged to seek guidance from Jesus Christ, explore how God performs His work, and find comfort in the continuity of His presence over time.

The next unit, God Creates All Things New, focuses on the book of Revelation. The Apostle John shows his readers a transition that we can all look forward to with joy. There will come a time when we are no longer battling with the devil or with those who oppose God. Instead, God will make all things and people new and eternal.

The final unit, The Savior Is Born, focuses on the Gospel of Luke. In these lessons, we will see that God keeps His promises and that we can expect them to be great blessings for humanity.

We at R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation hope that this quarter renews your hearts, minds, and souls to pursue Jesus Christ. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and guide you in your journey.

Yours in Christ,

Dr. T. B. Boyd III

President/CEO

QUARTERLY OVERVIEW

Jesus is the perfect Example for how His children should follow God. He has revealed His sovereign nature throughout the Bible, particularly through the books of Hebrews, Revelation, and Luke. We begin the quarter in the letter to the Hebrews and learn how Jesus rules like God. Next, we will see how God will one day make everything new and perfect. We will end the quarter with the birth of Jesus through whom salvation was first brought to the world.

Unit 1—October Jesus Rules Like God

Unit I, Jesus Rules Like God, is a five-lesson unit that studies the similarities found in the letter to the Hebrews between the sovereignty of God and the risen Christ. In these lessons, the writer describes Jesus as the eternal Representation of God and the Mediator for humanity.

Unit 2—November God Creates All Things New

Unit II, God Creates All Things New, is a four-lesson unit that focuses on the final two chapters of the book of Revelation. God showed John visions of how He would make all things new when His Son returns.

Unit 3—December The Savior Is Born

Unit III, The Savior is Born, is made up of four lessons from the Gospel of Luke. In these lessons, Mary learns that she will be the mother of the Savior of the world. Her cousin, Elizabeth, also miraculously gives birth to a son, John the Baptist, who would pave the way for Jesus’ ministry. The last lesson, on Christmas day, covers the birth of Jesus Himself.

CONTENTS

OCTOBER

Jesus Rules Like God

NOVEMBER

God Creates All Things New

DECEMBER

The Savior Is Born

SEEKING GOD’S GUIDANCE

SUGGESTED OPENING EXERCISES

1. Usual Signal for Beginning

2. Prayer (Closing with the Lord’s Prayer)

3. Singing (Songs to Be Selected)

4. Scripture Reading: Psalm 95:1–7 (KJV)

Director: O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

School: Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Director: For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

School: In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

Director: The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land

School: O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

All: For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Recitation in Concert:

1 Timothy 6:6–10 (KJV)

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment let us be therefore content.

9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

CLOSING WORK

1. Singing

2. Sentences: Revelation 1:12–16 (KJV)

12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15 And